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State troopers will help Austin with police patrols as the city struggles with an officer shortage

Austin officials view the partnership as a stopgap measure as they try to fill the city’s more than 200 police vacancies.

The Austin Police Department building with the Austin skyline in the background on March 22, 2021.


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